| Hands Washing Water Contributor(s): Abani, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556592477 ISBN-13: 9781556592478 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: "Chris Abani's poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength."-Pride Hands Washing Water is Chris Abani's fourth poetry collection-a mischievous book of displacement, exile, ancestry, and subversive humor. The central section, "Buffalo Women," is a Civil War correspondence between lovers that plays on our assumptions about war, gender, morality, and politics. Sweetest Henri, I know we promised to be honest, one to the other, but your recent missive, though welcome as any epistle from you, filled me with a dread that clung like dampness to wet wood. I am terrified for your immortal soul, dear sweet Henri. This mad war of Lincoln is infecting you with a sickness too depraved to even address. . . Abani's writing is ruthless, at times traumatic, and consistently filled with surprising twists and turns. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2006013303 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.28" W x 7.96" (0.28 lbs) 90 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description:
Abani's writing is ruthless, at times traumatic, and consistently filled with surprising twists and turns. |